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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Cometa.

Our newspaper information for Cometa is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cometa. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Cometa. Our list contains 26 papers that were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Cometa.

Newspapers Neighboring Cometa ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km] of Cometa.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Cometa.

  • Published In Crystal City  ...
  • Published In Carrizo Springs [Dimmit County] ...
    • South Texas Star (from 19??)
    • The Javelin (from 1889)
    • The Mini-News (from 19??)
  • Published In Asherton [Dimmit County] ...
  • Published In Eagle Pass [Maverick County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cometa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cometa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6647, Longitude: -100.0192       In this case, the coordinates for Cometa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).